Robert Cohen, Stéphane Béchet, Nathalie Gelbert, Bruno Frandji, François Vie Le Sage, Georges Thiebault, Fabienne Kochert, Fabienne Cahn-Sellem, Andreas Werner, Naim Ouldali, Corinne Levy
BACKGROUND: Many ambulatory networks in several countries have established syndromic surveillance systems to detect outbreaks of different illnesses. Here, we describe a new Pediatric and Ambulatory Research in Infectious diseases network that combined automated data extraction from the computers of primary care pediatricians. METHODS: Pediatricians who used the same software, AxiSanté 5-Infansoft for electronic medical records were specially trained in infectious diseases, encouraged to comply with French treatments' recommendations, use of point-of-care tests and vaccination guidelines...
July 1, 2021: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal